Words that rhyme with dah

• agenda 0
  n 1: a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to [syn: agenda, docket, schedule] 2: a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) [syn: agenda, agendum, order of business]
• allow 0
  v 1: make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen; "This permits the water to rush in"; "This sealed door won't allow the water come into the basement"; "This will permit the rain to run off" [syn: let, allow, permit] [ant: keep, prevent] 2: consent to, give permission; "She permitted her son to visit her estranged husband"; "I won't let the police search her basement"; "I cannot allow you to see your exam" [syn: permit, allow, let, countenance] [ant: disallow, forbid, interdict, nix, prohibit, proscribe, veto] 3: let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison" [syn: allow, grant] [ant: deny, refuse] 4: give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause; "I will earmark this money for your research"; "She sets aside time for meditation every day" [syn: allow, appropriate, earmark, set aside, reserve] 5: make a possibility or provide opportunity for; permit to be attainable or cause to remain; "This leaves no room for improvement"; "The evidence allows only one conclusion"; "allow for mistakes"; "leave lots of time for the trip"; "This procedure provides for lots of leeway" [syn: leave, allow for, allow, provide] 6: allow or plan for a certain possibility; concede the truth or validity of something; "I allow for this possibility"; "The seamstress planned for 5% shrinkage after the first wash" [syn: allow, take into account] 7: afford possibility; "This problem admits of no solution"; "This short story allows of several different interpretations" [syn: admit, allow] 8: allow the other (baseball) team to score; "give up a run" [syn: give up, allow] 9: grant as a discount or in exchange; "The camera store owner allowed me $50 on my old camera" 10: allow the presence of or allow (an activity) without opposing or prohibiting; "We don't allow dogs here"; "Children are not permitted beyond this point"; "We cannot tolerate smoking in the hospital" [syn: allow, permit, tolerate]
• anaconda 0
  n 1: large arboreal boa of tropical South America [syn: anaconda, Eunectes murinus]
• are 0
  n 1: a unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters [syn: are, ar]
• armada 0
  n 1: a large fleet
• asafoetida 0
  n 1: the brownish gum resin of various plants; has strong taste and odor; formerly used as an antispasmodic [syn: asafetida, asafoetida]
• awe 0
  n 1: an overwhelming feeling of wonder or admiration; "he stared over the edge with a feeling of awe" 2: a feeling of profound respect for someone or something; "the fear of God"; "the Chinese reverence for the dead"; "the French treat food with gentle reverence"; "his respect for the law bordered on veneration" [syn: fear, reverence, awe, veneration] v 1: inspire awe in; "The famous professor awed the undergraduates"
• baa 0
  n 1: the cry made by sheep v 1: cry plaintively; "The lambs were bleating" [syn: bleat, blate, blat, baa]
• bar 0
  n 1: a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter; "he drowned his sorrows in whiskey at the bar" [syn: barroom, bar, saloon, ginmill, taproom] 2: a counter where you can obtain food or drink; "he bought a hot dog and a coke at the bar" 3: a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon; "there were bars in the windows to prevent escape" 4: musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats; "the orchestra omitted the last twelve bars of the song" [syn: measure, bar] 5: an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal; "it was an excellent kick but the ball hit the bar" 6: the act of preventing; "there was no bar against leaving"; "money was allocated to study the cause and prevention of influenza" [syn: prevention, bar] 7: (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter; "unfortunately some writers have used bar for one dyne per square centimeter" 8: a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore; "the boat ran aground on a submerged bar in the river" 9: the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction; "he was admitted to the bar in New Jersey" [syn: legal profession, bar, legal community] 10: a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background; "a green toad with small black stripes or bars"; "may the Stars and Stripes forever wave" [syn: stripe, streak, bar] 11: a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax); "a bar of chocolate" [syn: cake, bar] 12: a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War [syn: Browning automatic rifle, BAR] 13: a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises 14: a heating element in an electric fire; "an electric fire with three bars" 15: (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried; "spectators were not allowed past the bar" v 1: prevent from entering; keep out; "He was barred from membership in the club" [syn: bar, debar, exclude] 2: render unsuitable for passage; "block the way"; "barricade the streets"; "stop the busy road" [syn: barricade, block, blockade, stop, block off, block up, bar] 3: expel, as if by official decree; "he was banished from his own country" [syn: banish, relegate, bar] 4: secure with, or as if with, bars; "He barred the door" [ant: unbar]
• barracuda 0
  n 1: any voracious marine fish of the genus Sphyraena having an elongated cylindrical body and large mouth with projecting lower jaw and long strong teeth
• be 0
  n 1: a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element [syn: beryllium, Be, glucinium, atomic number 4] v 1: have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun); "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" 2: be identical to; be someone or something; "The president of the company is John Smith"; "This is my house" 3: occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere; "Where is my umbrella?" "The toolshed is in the back"; "What is behind this behavior?" 4: have an existence, be extant; "Is there a God?" [syn: exist, be] 5: happen, occur, take place; "I lost my wallet; this was during the visit to my parents' house"; "There were two hundred people at his funeral"; "There was a lot of noise in the kitchen" 6: be identical or equivalent to; "One dollar equals 1,000 rubles these days!" [syn: equal, be] [ant: differ] 7: form or compose; "This money is my only income"; "The stone wall was the backdrop for the performance"; "These constitute my entire belonging"; "The children made up the chorus"; "This sum represents my entire income for a year"; "These few men comprise his entire army" [syn: constitute, represent, make up, comprise, be] 8: work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function; "He is a herpetologist"; "She is our resident philosopher" [syn: be, follow] 9: represent, as of a character on stage; "Derek Jacobi was Hamlet" [syn: embody, be, personify] 10: spend or use time; "I may be an hour" 11: have life, be alive; "Our great leader is no more"; "My grandfather lived until the end of war" [syn: be, live] 12: to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form; "let her be" 13: be priced at; "These shoes cost $100" [syn: cost, be]
• bee 0
  n 1: any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species 2: a social gathering to carry out some communal task or to hold competitions
• blah 0
  n 1: pompous or pretentious talk or writing [syn: bombast, fustian, rant, claptrap, blah]
• bra 0
  n 1: an undergarment worn by women to support their breasts [syn: brassiere, bra, bandeau]
• brie 0
  n 1: soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
• car 0
  n 1: a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine; "he needs a car to get to work" [syn: car, auto, automobile, machine, motorcar] 2: a wheeled vehicle adapted to the rails of railroad; "three cars had jumped the rails" [syn: car, railcar, railway car, railroad car] 3: the compartment that is suspended from an airship and that carries personnel and the cargo and the power plant [syn: car, gondola] 4: where passengers ride up and down; "the car was on the top floor" [syn: car, elevator car] 5: a conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway; "they took a cable car to the top of the mountain" [syn: cable car, car]
• cay 0
  n 1: a coral reef off the southern coast of Florida [syn: key, cay, Florida key]
• char 0
  n 1: a charred substance 2: a human female employed to do housework; "the char will clean the carpet"; "I have a woman who comes in four hours a day while I write" [syn: charwoman, char, cleaning woman, cleaning lady, woman] 3: any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus [syn: char, charr] v 1: burn to charcoal; "Without a drenching rain, the forest fire will char everything" [syn: char, coal] 2: burn slightly and superficially so as to affect color; "The cook blackened the chicken breast"; "The fire charred the ceiling above the mantelpiece"; "the flames scorched the ceiling" [syn: char, blacken, sear, scorch]
• cicada 0
  n 1: stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone [syn: cicada, cicala]
• coda 0
  n 1: the closing section of a musical composition [syn: finale, coda]
• de 0
  n 1: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Delaware, Diamond State, First State, DE]
• disallow 0
  v 1: command against; "I forbid you to call me late at night"; "Mother vetoed the trip to the chocolate store"; "Dad nixed our plans" [syn: forbid, prohibit, interdict, proscribe, veto, disallow, nix] [ant: allow, countenance, let, permit]
• enchilada 0
  n 1: tortilla with meat filling baked in tomato sauce seasoned with chili
• far 0
  adv 1: to a considerable degree; very much; "a far far better thing that I do"; "felt far worse than yesterday"; "eyes far too close together" 2: at or to or from a great distance in space; "he traveled far"; "strayed far from home"; "sat far away from each other" 3: at or to a certain point or degree; "I can only go so far before I have to give up"; "how far can we get with this kind of argument?" 4: remote in time; "if we could see far into the future"; "all that happened far in the past" 5: to an advanced stage or point; "a young man who will go very far" adj 1: located at a great distance in time or space or degree; "we come from a far country"; "far corners of the earth"; "the far future"; "a far journey"; "the far side of the road"; "far from the truth"; "far in the future" [ant: close, near, nigh] 2: being of a considerable distance or length; "a far trek" 3: being the animal or vehicle on the right or being on the right side of an animal or vehicle; "the horse on the right is the far horse"; "the right side is the far side of the horse" 4: beyond a norm in opinion or actions; "the far right" n 1: a terrorist organization that seeks to overthrow the government dominated by Tutsi and to institute Hutu control again; "in 1999 ALIR guerrillas kidnapped and killed eight foreign tourists" [syn: Army for the Liberation of Rwanda, ALIR, Former Armed Forces, FAR, Interahamwe]
• gar 0
  n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth [syn: gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus] 2: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: needlefish, gar, billfish]
• gouda 0
  n 1: mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls [syn: Gouda, Gouda cheese]
• ha 0
  n 1: (astronomy) the angular distance of a celestial point measured westward along the celestial equator from the zenith crossing; the right ascension for an observer at a particular location and time of day [syn: hour angle, HA]
• hacienda 0
  n 1: a large estate in Spanish-speaking countries 2: the main house on a ranch or large estate
• howdah 0
  n 1: a (usually canopied) seat for riding on the back of a camel or elephant [syn: howdah, houdah]
• jar 0
  n 1: a vessel (usually cylindrical) with a wide mouth and without handles 2: the quantity contained in a jar; "he drank a jar of beer" [syn: jar, jarful] 3: a sudden jarring impact; "the door closed with a jolt"; "all the jars and jolts were smoothed out by the shock absorbers" [syn: jolt, jar, jounce, shock] v 1: be incompatible; be or come into conflict; "These colors clash" [syn: clash, jar, collide] 2: move or cause to move with a sudden jerky motion [syn: jolt, jar] 3: shock physically; "Georgia was shaken up in the Tech game" [syn: jar, shake up, bump around] 4: affect in a disagreeable way; "This play jarred the audience" 5: place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam"
• la 0
  n 1: a white soft metallic element that tarnishes readily; occurs in rare earth minerals and is usually classified as a rare earth [syn: lanthanum, La, atomic number 57] 2: a state in southern United States on the Gulf of Mexico; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn: Louisiana, Pelican State, LA] 3: the syllable naming the sixth (submediant) note of a major or minor scale in solmization [syn: la, lah]
• lambda 0
  n 1: the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet 2: the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull
• ma 0
  n 1: informal terms for a mother [syn: ma, mama, mamma, mom, momma, mommy, mammy, mum, mummy] 2: a master's degree in arts and sciences [syn: Master of Arts, MA, Artium Magister, AM] 3: one thousandth of an ampere [syn: milliampere, mA] 4: a state in New England; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Massachusetts, Bay State, Old Colony, MA]
• mar 0
  n 1: the month following February and preceding April [syn: March, Mar] 2: a mark or flaw that spoils the appearance of something (especially on a person's body); "a facial blemish" [syn: blemish, defect, mar] v 1: make imperfect; "nothing marred her beauty" [syn: mar, impair, spoil, deflower, vitiate] 2: destroy or injure severely; "mutilated bodies" [syn: mutilate, mar]
• memoranda 0
  n 1: a written proposal or reminder [syn: memo, memorandum, memoranda]
• okay 0
  adv 1: in a satisfactory or adequate manner; "she'll do okay on her own"; "held up all right under pressure"; (`alright' is a nonstandard variant of `all right') [syn: okay, O.K., all right, alright] adj 1: being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition; "an all- right movie"; "the passengers were shaken up but are all right"; "is everything all right?"; "everything's fine"; "things are okay"; "dinner and the movies had been fine"; "another minute I'd have been fine" [syn: all right, fine, o.k., ok, okay, hunky-dory] n 1: an endorsement; "they gave us the O.K. to go ahead" [syn: O.K., OK, okay, okey, okeh] v 1: give sanction to; "I approve of his educational policies" [syn: approve, O.K., okay, sanction] [ant: disapprove, reject]
• pa 0
  n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop] 2: a short-lived radioactive metallic element formed from uranium and disintegrating into actinium and then into lead [syn: protactinium, protoactinium, Pa, atomic number 91] 3: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter [syn: pascal, Pa] 4: a Mid-Atlantic state; one of the original 13 colonies [syn: Pennsylvania, Keystone State, PA] 5: an electronic amplification system used as a communication system in public areas [syn: public address system, P.A. system, PA system, P.A., PA]
• pagoda 0
  n 1: an Asian temple; usually a pyramidal tower with an upward curving roof
• panda 0
  n 1: large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae [syn: giant panda, panda, panda bear, coon bear, Ailuropoda melanoleuca] 2: reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas [syn: lesser panda, red panda, panda, bear cat, cat bear, Ailurus fulgens]
• par 0
  n 1: (golf) the standard number of strokes set for each hole on a golf course, or for the entire course; "a par-5 hole"; "par for this course is 72" 2: a state of being essentially equal or equivalent; equally balanced; "on a par with the best" [syn: equality, equivalence, equation, par] v 1: make a score (on a hole) equal to par
• pas 0
  n 1: (ballet) a step in dancing (especially in classical ballet)
• propaganda 0
  n 1: information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause
• purdah 0
  n 1: a state of social isolation [syn: solitude, purdah] 2: the traditional Hindu or Muslim system of keeping women secluded [syn: purdah, sex segregation] 3: a screen used in India to separate women from men or strangers
• quay 0
  n 1: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline
• re 0
  n 1: a rare heavy polyvalent metallic element that resembles manganese chemically and is used in some alloys; is obtained as a by-product in refining molybdenum [syn: rhenium, Re, atomic number 75] 2: ancient Egyptian sun god with the head of a hawk; a universal creator; he merged with the god Amen as Amen-Ra to become the king of the gods [syn: Ra, Re] 3: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization [syn: re, ray]
• rotunda 0
  n 1: a building having a circular plan and a dome 2: a large circular room
• scar 0
  n 1: a mark left (usually on the skin) by the healing of injured tissue [syn: scar, cicatrix, cicatrice] 2: an indication of damage [syn: scratch, scrape, scar, mark] v 1: mark with a scar; "The skin disease scarred his face permanently" [syn: scar, mark, pock, pit]
• schwa 0
  n 1: a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables [syn: schwa, shwa]
• shah 0
  n 1: title for the former hereditary monarch of Iran [syn: Shah, Shah of Iran]
• snowplough 0
  n 1: a vehicle used to push snow from roads [syn: snowplow, snowplough]
• soda 0
  n 1: a sodium salt of carbonic acid; used in making soap powders and glass and paper [syn: sodium carbonate, washing soda, sal soda, soda ash, soda] 2: a sweet drink containing carbonated water and flavoring; "in New England they call sodas tonics" [syn: pop, soda, soda pop, soda water, tonic]
• spa 0
  n 1: a health resort near a spring or at the seaside [syn: watering place, watering hole, spa] 2: a fashionable hotel usually in a resort area [syn: resort hotel, spa] 3: a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness [syn: health spa, spa, health club]
• spar 0
  n 1: any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable 2: a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging 3: making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer [syn: spar, sparring] v 1: furnish with spars 2: fight with spurs; "the gamecocks were sparring" 3: box lightly 4: fight verbally; "They were sparring all night"
• star 0
  adj 1: indicating the most important performer or role; "the leading man"; "prima ballerina"; "prima donna"; "a star figure skater"; "the starring role"; "a stellar role"; "a stellar performance" [syn: leading(p), prima(p), star(p), starring(p), stellar(a)] n 1: (astronomy) a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy derived from thermonuclear reactions in the interior 2: someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field [syn: ace, adept, champion, sensation, maven, mavin, virtuoso, genius, hotshot, star, superstar, whiz, whizz, wizard, wiz] 3: any celestial body visible (as a point of light) from the Earth at night 4: an actor who plays a principal role [syn: star, principal, lead] 5: a plane figure with 5 or more points; often used as an emblem 6: a performer who receives prominent billing [syn: headliner, star] 7: a star-shaped character * used in printing [syn: asterisk, star] 8: the topology of a network whose components are connected to a hub [syn: star topology, star] v 1: feature as the star; "The movie stars Dustin Hoffman as an autistic man" 2: be the star in a performance 3: mark with an asterisk; "Linguists star unacceptable sentences" [syn: star, asterisk]
• tar 0
  n 1: any of various dark heavy viscid substances obtained as a residue [syn: pitch, tar] 2: a man who serves as a sailor [syn: mariner, seaman, tar, Jack-tar, Jack, old salt, seafarer, gob, sea dog] v 1: coat with tar; "tar the roof"; "tar the roads"
• tsar 0
  n 1: a male monarch or emperor (especially of Russia prior to 1917) [syn: czar, tsar, tzar]
• veranda 0
  n 1: a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed) [syn: veranda, verandah, gallery]
• whydah 0
  n 1: mostly black African weaverbird [syn: whydah, whidah, widow bird]
• dada 0
  n 1: an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk [syn: dad, dada, daddy, pa, papa, pappa, pop] 2: a nihilistic art movement (especially in painting) that flourished in Europe early in the 20th century; based on irrationality and negation of the accepted laws of beauty [syn: dada, dadaism]
• cree 0
  n 1: a member of an Algonquian people living in central Canada 2: the Algonquian language spoken by the Cree
• b 0
  n 1: aerobic rod-shaped spore-producing bacterium; often occurring in chainlike formations; found primarily in soil [syn: bacillus, B] 2: originally thought to be a single vitamin but now separated into several B vitamins [syn: B-complex vitamin, B complex, vitamin B complex, vitamin B, B vitamin, B] 3: a trivalent metalloid element; occurs both in a hard black crystal and in the form of a yellow or brown powder [syn: boron, B, atomic number 5] 4: a logarithmic unit of sound intensity equal to 10 decibels [syn: Bel, B] 5: (physics) a unit of nuclear cross section; the effective circular area that one particle presents to another as a target for an encounter [syn: barn, b] 6: the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: B, b] 7: the blood group whose red cells carry the B antigen [syn: B, type B, group B]
• d 0
  adj 1: denoting a quantity consisting of 500 items or units [syn: five hundred, 500, d] n 1: a fat-soluble vitamin that prevents rickets [syn: vitamin D, calciferol, viosterol, ergocalciferol, cholecalciferol, D] 2: the cardinal number that is the product of one hundred and five [syn: five hundred, 500, D] 3: the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: D, d]
• dea 0
  n 1: federal agency responsible for enforcing laws and regulations governing narcotics and controlled substances; goal is to immobilize drug trafficking organizations [syn: Drug Enforcement Administration, Drug Enforcement Agency, DEA]
• depardieu 0
  n 1: French film actor (born in 1948) [syn: Depardieu, Gerard Depardieu]
• parr 0
  n 1: Queen of England as the 6th wife of Henry VIII (1512-1548) [syn: Parr, Catherine Parr] 2: a young salmon up to 2 years old 3: the young of various fishes
• r 0
  n 1: a unit of radiation exposure; the dose of ionizing radiation that will produce 1 electrostatic unit of electricity in 1 cc of dry air [syn: roentgen, R] 2: (physics) the universal constant in the gas equation: pressure times volume = R times temperature; equal to 8.3143 joules per kelvin per mole [syn: gas constant, universal gas constant, R] 3: the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: R, r] 4: the length of a line segment between the center and circumference of a circle or sphere [syn: radius, r]
• starr 0
  n 1: rock star and drummer for the Beatles (born in 1940) [syn: Starr, Ringo Starr, Starkey, Richard Starkey]
• ca 0
  n 1: a white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light; the fifth most abundant element in the earth's crust; an important component of most plants and animals [syn: calcium, Ca, atomic number 20] 2: a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes [syn: California, Golden State, CA, Calif.]
• da 0
  n 1: an official prosecutor for a judicial district [syn: district attorney, DA]
• ga 0
  n 1: the first known nerve agent, synthesized by German chemists in 1936; a highly toxic combustible liquid that is soluble in organic solvents and is used as a nerve gas in chemical warfare [syn: tabun, GA] 2: a rare silvery (usually trivalent) metallic element; brittle at low temperatures but liquid above room temperature; occurs in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores [syn: gallium, Ga, atomic number 31] 3: a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War [syn: Georgia, Empire State of the South, Peach State, GA]
• ka 0
  n 1: unknown god; an epithet of Prajapati and Brahma
• ta 0
  n 1: a hard grey lustrous metallic element that is highly resistant to corrosion; occurs in niobite and fergusonite and tantalite [syn: tantalum, Ta, atomic number 73]
• a 0
  n 1: a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation [syn: angstrom, angstrom unit, A] 2: any of several fat-soluble vitamins essential for normal vision; prevents night blindness or inflammation or dryness of the eyes [syn: vitamin A, antiophthalmic factor, axerophthol, A] 3: one of the four nucleotides used in building DNA; all four nucleotides have a common phosphate group and a sugar (ribose) [syn: deoxyadenosine monophosphate, A] 4: (biochemistry) purine base found in DNA and RNA; pairs with thymine in DNA and with uracil in RNA [syn: adenine, A] 5: the basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; "a typical household circuit carries 15 to 50 amps" [syn: ampere, amp, A] 6: the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet [syn: A, a] 7: the blood group whose red cells carry the A antigen [syn: A, type A, group A]
• ley 0
  n 1: a field covered with grass or herbage and suitable for grazing by livestock [syn: pasture, pastureland, grazing land, lea, ley]
• paye 0
  n 1: the British system of withholding tax [syn: PAYE, pay as you earn]
• fa 0
  n 1: the syllable naming the fourth (subdominant) note of the diatonic scale in solmization
• kwa 0
  n 1: a group of African language in the Niger-Congo group spoken from the Ivory Coast east to Nigeria
• pya 0
  n 1: 100 pyas equal 1 kyat in Myanmar
• shwa 0
  n 1: a neutral middle vowel; occurs in unstressed syllables [syn: schwa, shwa]
• oujda 0
  n 1: a city in northeastern Morocco near the Algerian border
• klaipeda 0
  n 1: a city in western Lithuania on the Baltic Sea; formerly an important trading town of the Hanseatic League [syn: Klaipeda, Memel]
• saida 0
  n 1: the main city of ancient Phoenicia [syn: Sayda, Saida, Sidon]
• merida 0
  n 1: the capital of the Mexican state of Yucatan
• myriapoda 0
  n 1: arthropods having the body composed of numerous double somites each with two pairs of legs: millipedes [syn: Diplopoda, class Diplopoda, Myriapoda, class Myriapoda]
• moire 0
  adj 1: (of silk fabric) having a wavelike pattern [syn: moire, watered] n 1: silk fabric with a wavy surface pattern [syn: moire, watered-silk]
• charr 0
  n 1: any of several small trout-like fish of the genus Salvelinus [syn: char, charr]
• guar 0
  n 1: drought-tolerant herb grown for forage and for its seed which yield a gum used as a thickening agent or sizing material [syn: guar, cluster bean, Cyamopsis tetragonolobus, Cyamopsis psoraloides]
• maar 0
  n 1: a flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion; often filled with water
• acantha 0
  n 1: any sharply pointed projection [syn: spur, spine, acantha]
• fonda 0
  n 1: United States film actress and daughter of Henry Fonda (born in 1937) [syn: Fonda, Jane Fonda] 2: United States film actor (1905-1982) [syn: Fonda, Henry Fonda]
• kaunda 0
  n 1: statesman who led Northern Rhodesia to full independence as Zambia in 1964 and served as Zambia's first president (1924-1999) [syn: Kaunda, Kenneth Kaunda, Kenneth David Kaunda]
• golconda 0
  n 1: a source of great wealth (especially a mine)
• luanda 0
  n 1: port city on Atlantic coast; the capital and largest city of Angola [syn: Luanda, Angolan capital]
• rwanda 0
  n 1: a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony [syn: Rwanda, Rwandese Republic, Ruanda]
• uganda 0
  n 1: a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 [syn: Uganda, Republic of Uganda]
• ada 0
  n 1: an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency disease"; "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier human genes to be isolated and cloned for study" [syn: adenosine deaminase, ADA]
• beda 0
  n 1: (Roman Catholic Church) English monk and scholar (672-735) [syn: Bede, Saint Bede, St. Bede, Baeda, Saint Baeda, St. Baeda, Beda, Saint Beda, St. Beda, the Venerable Bede]
• veda 0
  n 1: (from the Sanskrit word for `knowledge') any of the most ancient sacred writings of Hinduism written in early Sanskrit; traditionally believed to comprise the Samhitas, the Brahmanas, the Aranyakas, and the Upanishads [syn: Vedic literature, Veda]
• grenada 0
  n 1: an island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea; an independent state within the British Commonwealth
• nevada 0
  n 1: a state in the southwestern United States [syn: Nevada, Silver State, Battle Born State, Sagebrush State, NV]

See also dah definition and dah synonyms